Full listing of Grammy classical winners - but ....

Tremendous achievement for all the winners, but let's put it into perspective. There are actually 108 Grammy categories (of which 13 are classical), and the winner of each gets an award. If you want to print out all the 2006 nominees it takes forty-six sheets of A4 paper. Or as a classical musician once said to me: "There were so many winners even my Grammy got one".But no party-pooping. Let's hear it for all the classical category winners, here's the complete list:

Best Classical Album(Award to the Artist(s) and to the Album Producer(s) if other than the Artist.)Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of ExperienceLeonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris,Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors; TimHandley, producer (Christine Brewer & Joan Morris; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)[Naxos]

Best Choral Performance(Award to the Choral Conductor, and to the Orchestra Conductor if an Orchestra is on the recording, and to the Choral Director or Chorus Master if applicable.)Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of ExperienceLeonard Slatkin, conductor; Jerry Blackstone, William Hammer, Jason Harris, Christopher Kiver, Carole Ott & Mary Alice Stollak, choir directors (Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Nmon Ford, Linda Hohenfeld, Joan Morris, Carmen Pelton, Marietta Simpson & Thomas Young; Michigan State University Children's Choir, University Of Michigan Chamber Choir, University Of Michigan Orpheus Singers, University Of Michigan University Choir & University Musical Society Choral Union; University Of Michigan School Of Music Symphony Orchestra)[Naxos]

Best Classical Contemporary Composition(A Composer's Award. (For a contemporary classical composition composed within the last 25 years, and released for the first time during the Eligibility Year.))Bolcom: Songs Of Innocence And Of ExperienceWilliam Bolcom (Leonard Slatkin)[Naxos]

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Does anyone ever wonder - let alone have the impertinence to ask - what the criteria are for selecting the gramophone award winners? It's hard to imagine what it could be - unless the candidates are selected on the same basis as the American government alocated the Iraq reconstruction contracts.

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